Shi Tiexin left.
Committee Member Cao and General Branch Chief Liu drank tea in the room.
The two were old acquaintances, and they had signed on as True Disciples in the same batch. They were close enough to speak frankly.
The fragrance of tea filled the room. This special tea had countless marvelous uses; ordinary people could never get a taste of it.
After sipping the fragrant tea, General Branch Chief Liu set down his cup and sighed. "Your test for that young man was rather strict."
Committee Member Cao neither confirmed nor denied it. "His spirit energy is permanently active, and his progress in all four major routes has basically reached the limit. Nine rings in one year is not impossible."
"That's not what I mean. I'm talking about the 'preferential treatment' you gave him." Both were masters, and General Branch Chief Liu immediately saw through the trick. "Giving him a month is precisely the biggest trap. If he signed on the spot, that would have been one thing. But now that he has gone back to think it over, the more he thinks, the more nervous he will become; the more he thinks, the more anxious he will grow. Then comes self-doubt, and he'll grind away his own Sharp Will."
"The longer he considers it, the lower his chances of achieving Nine Heavenly Bell Rings. If he really spends a month thinking about it, he is bound to lose the wager."
Committee Member Cao smiled faintly. "That is his own problem as well. If his will is not firm and his mindset is unstable, such a person will not go far. As a member of the management committee, I often feel that our leaders have placed great expectations on me. I cannot allow counterfeit and shoddy geniuses to